Door-brace.



. E. G. ABBEY.

DOOR BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I9, 1915.

Patented 1311.11, 1916.

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EDDIE GOODELL ABBEY, 0F MONETT, MISSQURI, ASSIGNGR- 0F ONE-HALF T0 LUIDWELL i B. DURNIL, OF MONETT, MISSOURI.

DOOR-BBAGE.

Application filed .Tune 19, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it iHlOWIl that I, Ennis G. ABBEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monett, in the county of Barry and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- Braces, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to improvements in means for preventing screen doors and the like from sagging.

An important object of the invention is to provide means of the above mentioned character, which are simple in construction, in expensive to manufacture, and convenient in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide means of the above mentioned character, adapted to expand longitudinally, upon being shifted to the active position with its ends attached to vertical and horizontal portions of the door.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a side elevation of apparatus embodying my invention, showing the same in use, Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the same removed from the door, Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the same, Fig. t is a side elevation of the apparatus, in the folded condition, Fig. 5 is an edge elevation of the same, Fig. 6 i a transverse sectional view taken on line 6-45 of Fig. 4:, and Fig. 7 is a similar view taken on line 77 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment 01''- my invention, the numeral 10 designates a screen door as a whole, embodying vertical and horizontal members 11 and 12, which are connected in the usual manner. The members 11 and 12 have the screening material 13 secured thereto, as is customary.

My brace for preventing the door from sagging is designated as a whole by the numeral 14 and is adapted to be arranged within one corner of the door, as shown. This brace comprises arms 15, which are pivotally connected by means of a pin or bolt 16, at a point near and spaced from corresponding ends thereof, as shown, Each arm 15 is provided upon opposlte sides of pivot 16 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916..

Serial No. 35,026.

with lugs 17, (see Fig. 7), extending laterally to enter recesses is formed in the other arm 15. The function of these lugs and coacting recesses is to detachably lock the arms 15 together, when in their opened or closed positions.

The numeral 19 designates a transverse attaching shoe, pivotally connected with the outer or attaching end of each arm 15, as shown at 20. Each shoe 19 is provided near its ends with teeth or prongs 21, adapted to penetrate the material of the door.

In the use of the apparatus, the same is arranged within one corner of the door, as shown in Fig. 1, with the attaching feet 19 having their prongs contacting with vertical and horizontal members 11 and 12 of the door. These prongs will penetrate the members 11 and 12, upon the application of pressure thereto, whereby the attaching ieet cannot slip upon the members 11 and 12. When the apparatus is thus applied to the door, the arms 15 are partly collapsed or angularly arranged, as shown in Fig. 1 by the dotted lines. When these arms 15 are swung to the complete outer position, whereby they are parallel, it is obvious that the brace 14 is longitudinally extended, whereby it exerts a bracing action upon the members 11 and 12, positively preventing the door from sagging.

It is obvious that the apparatus may be applied to a new door, to prevent sagging, or to an old door which has sagged, the old door being first made true before the application of the brace.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the sub joined claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A brace for a door or the like having vertical and horizontal members, comprising a plurality of pivotally connected arms, shoes having prongs to penetrate the vertical and horizontal members and pivotally connected with the attaching ends of the arms, and means to detachably lock the arms together when in the open position.

2. A brace for a door or the like having vertical and horizontal members, compris- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature inga pair of pivotally connected arms, and in presence of two Witnesses. shoes pivotally connected with the attach- EDDIE GOODELL ABBEY. ing ends of the arms and provided near Witnesses:

5 their ends with prongs to penetrate the Ver- JAMES JOHNSTON,

tical and horizontal members. ROBERT JOHNSTON.

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